Ismene

[ is-mee-nee, -mey-, iz- ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.

Example Sentences

Ismene, the more timid of the two, intends to obey it, but Antigone's stronger character rises in rebellion.

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It ends with the news of the death of the two princes, and the lamentations of their two sisters, Antigone and Ismene.

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Ismene has no right to share it when the risks are past, the penalty is paid.

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The distance 3.70 falls in the wide hiatus interior to the orbit of Ismene.

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Old Minos is insanely in love with Ismene, who is so beautiful and virtuous.

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